Very similar to this, so reposted there, and moved my vote: [REQ] ADD STRM Support
There have been several threads about integrating Movies Anywhere and linking with 3rd party screaming services somehow, but most of those have been closed (e.g., here, here and here) as something that cannot be done, or to have the service contact Plex to integrate with them.
Channels came up with a clever albeit manual way of adding streaming media to ones Library via Stream Links (https://getchannels.com/2021/02/02/stream-links/) without directly integrating with those other services.
Stream Links are simple text files containing a URL to a stream for a piece of media on the other service, that creates an entry in the Library and then when Watch/Play is clicked it just launches the other app on the device and plays the movie.
They have a special folder for these, but it’d be nice if Plex could support these in existing libraries and just create an entry for them based on the file name (e.g. “Soul (2020).strmlnk”) containing the URL to the media (e.g. “https://www.disneyplus.com/video/[TOKEN]”)
They currently support a good number of services:
- Amazon Prime
- Apple TV+
- Disney+
- HBO Max
- Hulu
- Netflix
- Paramount+
- Peacock
- Showtime
More info: https://getchannels.com/docs/channels-dvr-server/how-to/stream-links/
Some of us have gone through the trouble of creating tiny placeholder .mp4 files names for titles that we want in our library that we have access to elsewhere (iTunes purchases, streaming service content, etc.), but something like Stream Links would add a little functionality to those items instead, and make them clickable to instantly watch in the other apps on the device.
It is noted on this thread that Plex’s own on-demand service (via https://watch.plex.tv) already has a database of where to watch Movies on other services that they don’t provide themselves. It’d be nice if this in combination with something like Stream Links could allow us to add such entries to our own libraries.
Thanks,
Michael
